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Lithium93_ · 19-02-2021 10:50pm

There's something missing from Edge's entrances since he returned.. Wonder if Tony Chimel is up to anything?

JP Liz V1 · 20-02-2021 2:30am

https://twitter.com/WWERollins/status/1362933233609027585

2ndcoming · 20-02-2021 4:03am

Think it might be a work

The White Wolf · 20-02-2021 11:06am

Tamina has lost weight and looks imposing again.

CastorTroy · 20-02-2021 1:01pm

Don't know why they're still bringing up that Bianca has a choice of titles. Apart from the night after the Rumble, has she even mentioned Raw? Hope she at least meets Asuka backstage tomorrow night. Not that Asuka has a reason to be there now.

It was grand while Trish was there, but it's weird Cole referring to Liv doing a Matrix like move. 17 years since the last film. I know the new one is due this year but does seem out of place from the usual more modern references he makes.
Come to think of it, I said before about all the women having nicknames, but do Liv and Ruby have individual nicknames?

They really need to decrease the volume of the "fans". Can barely hear the promos sometimes. When they have packed arenas they tend to be quiet during promos, unless booing people.

PTH2009 · 20-02-2021 10:39pm

Never thought I'd see a heel Ottis

A decent episode of SD this week I thought. The ending segment was fun. Think it will be Edge vs Roman at mania

JP Liz V1 · 20-02-2021 11:22pm

Is Big E out legit injured or storyline wise only with heel Apollo

Billy Ocean · 21-02-2021 12:21am

PTH2009 wrote: »

Never thought I'd see a heel Ottis

A decent episode of SD this week I thought. The ending segment was fun. Think it will be Edge vs Roman at mania

possibly the most random heel turn I can remember...

JP Liz V1 · 26-02-2021 6:48pm

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1365345894191816708

CastorTroy · 26-02-2021 7:15pm

Surprise us all and choose Asuka?

I'm guessing either Sasha will come out and call her out to choose or Bianca will start to speak before being interrupted by Sasha.
Will Reginald jump in as well?

PTH2009 · 27-02-2021 2:12am

I wonder will wwe do the wwe thing and Roman will beat Edge. If im thinking correctly this years Mania will be the first crowd interaction for this version of Roman Reigns and he could get a lot of cheers for once

PTH2009 · 27-02-2021 2:36am

Apollo going with the Ancestry storyline, talking about how great his Nigerian ancestors were

Now putting on a fake Nigerian accent, very strange

Chuck Noland · 27-02-2021 2:39am

PTH2009 wrote: »

Apollo going with the Ancestry storyline, talking about how great his Nigerian ancestors were

Now putting on a fake Nigerian accent, very strange

Total reboot for Apollo

The accent was fine as he finished the promo and said I’ll say this warning in the same way my grand father would. So it wasn’t ment to be natural

PTH2009 · 27-02-2021 3:02am

jesus there really dragging Bianca's decision out

PTH2009 · 27-02-2021 3:38am

That was a mammoth cesaro swing

Necro · 27-02-2021 9:46am

Dunno if it's just me but Smackdown is leagues ahead of Raw in recent weeks (neither are brilliant mind). Two hours is just the perfect length for a show, I know it's seemingly the networks that want a three hour Raw but like the 7/8 hour WrestleManias a few years back, for me Raw is far too taxing and tedious to get through, way too much filler whereas Smackdown's matches and segments (at least this week) all furthered something, bar possibly Otis and the Mysterios replaying last week.

On the show itself I thought the Bianca/Sasha segment was awkward as fook, Sasha is dying to be a heel again she is an awful face. Reginald probably the best part about it which isn't great given it's going to be the main women's feud for Mania. There's something expressly irritating about Bianca swinging her hair constantly, and playing with it all the time - it distracts from the promos anyways.

In contrast I enjoyed the Cesaro/Rollins stuff, it feels fresh and the swing with Rollins screaming was pretty funny. Corbin pushing Sami's camera man down was also mildly amusing.

Another thing I've noticed in both the Crews stuff last week and the opening segment this week, apparently if someone is thrown across the barricade they enter a black abyss which they cannot return from during the segment, Nakamura last week and Bryan this week.

Jey Uso is actually a decent heel, I'm not sure if it's him or the fake gangster nonsense I hate more.

CastorTroy · 27-02-2021 1:26pm

To no one's surprise, Bianca chooses Sasha.
And while Edge spears Reigns to declare his intentions, we have Sasha and Bianca side by side in the ring all smiles, bouncing about after she makes her decision.

The White Wolf · 27-02-2021 1:46pm

CastorTroy wrote: »

To no one's surprise, Bianca chooses Sasha.
And while Edge spears Reigns to declare his intentions, we have Sasha and Bianca side by side in the ring all smiles, bouncing about after she makes her decision.

I get a weird vibe off the Sasha and Bianca angle. It's like they don't know how to build a compelling feud. Instead they're just standing there each doing their schtick.

Necro · 27-02-2021 1:52pm

The White Wolf wrote: »

I get a weird vibe off the Sasha and Bianca angle. It's like they don't know how to build a compelling feud. Instead they're just standing there each doing their schtick.

Both faces, innit. They have to stand there and be all respectful of each other in usual WWE style. Sooner they flip the switch on Sasha the better, she's never been that good of a face imo

JP Liz V1 · 27-02-2021 4:50pm

The White Wolf wrote: »

I get a weird vibe off the Sasha and Bianca angle. It's like they don't know how to build a compelling feud. Instead they're just standing there each doing their schtick.

Asuka should have came out destroyed both, triple match at WM for both titles

The White Wolf · 27-02-2021 5:06pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Asuka should have came out destroyed both, triple match at WM for both titles

Kind of relieved Asuka won't be the one possibly jobbing. Whatever they do with her at Mania I hope it's her that's being done a solid.

Cotts72 · 27-02-2021 6:02pm

Jobbing to Charlotte potentially

JP Liz V1 · 27-02-2021 6:26pm

You got to feel for Asuka she is treated bad when she is champion, I assume maybe Rhea, Shayna and Nia could be with Charlotte in the Raw title hunt

The White Wolf · 27-02-2021 6:29pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

You got to feel for Asuka she is treated bad when she is champion, I assume maybe Rhea, Shayna and Nia could be with Charlotte in the Raw title hunt

A multi woman match would sound about right for how they treat Asuka.

paulie21 · 27-02-2021 6:47pm

Surprised Edge didn't come to Bryan's rescue, maybe a triple threat for the title at Mania is in the works. I'd like to see Rollins put over Cesaro at Mania as well

The White Wolf · 27-02-2021 6:50pm

paulie21 wrote: »

Surprised Edge didn't come to Bryan's rescue, maybe a triple threat for the title at Mania is in the works. I'd like to see Rollins put over Cesaro at Mania as well

Edge is a bollox though, the ultimate opportunist. I liked how he didn't come to Bryan's aid because it's in line with what we know about him.

CastorTroy · 27-02-2021 6:52pm

Safe to say Asuka is losing the title unless they suddenly find something to do with her. I would be very surprised if she keeps it. If she doesn't lose at Mania it'll be the night after

Furious-Red · 27-02-2021 8:33pm

CastorTroy wrote: »

Safe to say Asuka is losing the title unless they suddenly find something to do with her. I would be very surprised if she keeps it. If she doesn't lose at Mania it'll be the night after

Asuka to drop the title to Charlotte only for Rhea to debut and beat Charlotte a few days/weeks later to get her revenge from last years WM:pac:

The White Wolf · 27-02-2021 8:38pm

Rhea dominates Asuka. I can see something retarded like that.

Bounty Hunter · 28-02-2021 3:28am

Charlotte vs Rhea va Asuka at mania billed as both women trying to get revenge on Charlotte for their Mania matches... Charlotte wins.

Yay WWE :pac:

JP Liz V1 · 28-02-2021 3:39am

PTH2009 wrote: »

That was a mammoth cesaro swing

It was great, good feud hopefully Cesaro goes over at WM

Faugheen · 28-02-2021 2:13pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

That was a mammoth cesaro swing

Rollins sold it beautifully. The fact you could hear him, the arms flailing about, losing the microphone and then his jacket. It was brilliant.

JP Liz V1 · 05-03-2021 10:10pm

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1367942998584139784

PTH2009 · 05-03-2021 10:17pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1367942998584139784

Nia will interfere and attack Bianca but Sasha will make the save but how will they coexist as friends on the road to Wrestlemania ?

J. Marston · 05-03-2021 10:36pm

They've already announced Sasha and Bianca are going for the tag titles at Fastlane. It's 3 years now of a champ being paired with a rival and going for the women's tag titles. They got Lana/Naomi who won a no.1 contender's match and they got Dakota/Raquel who were screwed but they still do this rehash. So dumb.

CastorTroy · 05-03-2021 10:46pm

Ah, so at least 1 match has been made for Fastlane, even though we're just over 2 weeks away

ThePott · 05-03-2021 10:50pm

That's so pointless, they literally just had that match at Elimination Chamber and lost.

CastorTroy · 06-03-2021 12:45pm

Great journalism from Cole: "Why would you want a title match at Fastlane instead of a tag match?"
What kind of stupid question is that to ask a WWE Superstar?

Cotts72 · 06-03-2021 4:18pm

J. Marston wrote: »

They've already announced Sasha and Bianca are going for the tag titles at Fastlane. It's 3 years now of a champ being paired with a rival and going for the women's tag titles. They got Lana/Naomi who won a no.1 contender's match and they got Dakota/Raquel who were screwed but they still do this rehash. So dumb.

Pointless.. The obvious tag partner turns on the other to set up a bitter feud going into mania

Raquel and dakota should have got a ppv rematch and won the titles give it some bit of life.

JP Liz V1 · 07-03-2021 12:33am

Buddy back with Rollins, is Bryan going heel?

PTH2009 · 07-03-2021 1:48am

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Buddy back with Rollins, is Bryan going heel?

Christ please don't put them against Rey and Dominik again

Bryan seems not a face or not a heel. Wouldn't mind seeing him as a jealous heel. I did enjoy the cage match

Apollo going with a black panther type gimmick ?

JP Liz V1 · 12-03-2021 9:42pm

Sasha and Bianca are KO show guests

PTH2009 · 12-03-2021 9:47pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Sasha and Bianca are KO show guests

At least KO is out of the universal title picture, i also wonder what his mania plans could be

The White Wolf · 12-03-2021 10:03pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

At least KO is out of the universal title picture, i also wonder what his mania plans could be

Catering or multi man I'd say.

Loughc · 12-03-2021 10:31pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

At least KO is out of the universal title picture, i also wonder what his mania plans could be

Multi-man Intercontinental title ladder match I reckon.

It’s back to midcard hell for KO. After losing 46,000 times to Reigns and Jey Uso how can anyone take him seriously as a threat ever again.

The White Wolf · 12-03-2021 10:39pm

Loughc wrote: »

Multi-man Intercontinental title ladder match I reckon.

It’s back to midcard hell for KO. After losing 46,000 times to Reigns and Jey Uso how can anyone take him seriously as a threat ever again.

KO seems like a very good company guy. Seems to just want to make the most of these earning years and be happy to go with what the company wants while not complain. Something admirable in that.

Loughc · 12-03-2021 10:46pm

The White Wolf wrote: »

KO seems like a very good company guy. Seems to just want to make the most of these earning years and be happy to go with what the company wants while not complain. Something admirable in that.

Oh KO is dead right to take the money and run. Nothing against Owens. It’s WWE’s terrible booking of him over the years is frustrating.

It all started so well in NXT and his debut vs Cena but then it all went to sh!te. (Jericho partnership and turn aside)

PTH2009 · 12-03-2021 10:51pm

The White Wolf wrote: »

Catering or multi man I'd say.

Loughc wrote: »

Multi-man Intercontinental title ladder match I reckon.

It’s back to midcard hell for KO. After losing 46,000 times to Reigns and Jey Uso how can anyone take him seriously as a threat ever again.

Big E vs KO vs Apollo vs Sami vs Keith Lee (he is moved to SD) vs Shinsuke

Suppose you could add Seth Rollins and Cesaro to that but reckon they will have their own match

who else could go into it ?

Loughc · 12-03-2021 10:54pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

Big E vs KO vs Apollo vs Sami vs Keith Lee (he is moved to SD) vs Shinsuke

Suppose you could add Seth Rollins and Cesaro to that but reckon they will have their own match

who else could go into it ?

I’d throw Jey USO in there too.

PTH2009 · 13-03-2021 2:10am

who would of thought we'd see Daniel Bryan and Edge in the ring together

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